Jan 18, 2008
106 min
Full-HD

Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)

An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Wider Film Projects Jigsaw Productions

Brian Keith Allen

Soldier - New York studio shoot reenactment

Moazzam Begg

Himself - Torture Victim (as Moazzam Beg)

Christopher Beiring

Himself - Captain

Alex Gibney

Narrator (voice)

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